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CBSE issues new guidelines for language instruction in schools: All you need to know | Mint

May 23, 2025
Categories: ENGLISH EDITION
Tags: cbse guidleines, cbse language guidelines, cbse langugae guidlelines, early childhood literacy India, foundational stage curriculum India, language education in India, Mother tongue medium of instruction, multilingual education policy, NCF 2023 language policy, NEP 2020 implementation, R1 R2 languages in school

The Central Board of Secondary Education, on Thursday, issued guidelines, placing a “renewed emphasis” that all its affiliated schools adopt the mother tongue or a familiar regional language as the primary medium of instruction for early grades starting this academic session (2025–26), under the new National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-2023). The latest directive, NCF-2023 — issued as part of the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 — places strong emphasis on the use of “home languages” or mother tongue during the Foundational Stage (Pre-primary to Grade 2, ages 3–8), as per the official statement. What does ... Read more